Empathy and compassion are the most valuable qualities that should be inherent in every person. Otherwise, I believe, a person cannot consider himself a human being. Without these qualities the world would become very cruel. Sympathy and compassion are the ability to empathize with someone else’s grief, the desire to help even complete strangers who are in trouble. Parents should cultivate these feelings in their children from an early age. Also, such qualities should be instilled in us by our educators, and then by teachers. The theme of sympathy and compassion has never left writers and poets indifferent.
I want to turn to Leonid Andreev’s story “Biteer,” where the theme of love for our smaller brothers, namely the dog, is widely revealed. We see how Kusaka's character changes when compassion begins to be shown to her. The dog, which was once vicious and biting, gradually turned into a kind, devoted friend. But, unfortunately, her happiness did not last long. The girl, having received Kusaka’s love and devotion, left her without even saying goodbye. As a result, the dog was left alone again. It seems to me that this meeting will make Kusaka even more evil, she will completely stop trusting people. But it’s wrong to blame the girl for everything, because she’s still very young. I think it was difficult for her to part with her four-legged friend.
The main character of Andrei Platonov’s story “Yushka” retained human qualities in himself, despite the inappropriate attitude towards him. Both children and adults humiliated and insulted him. But he did not become angry and aggressive, he endured all the beatings and insults and simply believed in a miracle. He expected this “miracle” from a girl who wanted to become a doctor. Yushka helped her and believed that she would definitely cure him. What really hurt me in this story was that adults, instead of teaching children mercy and kindness, showed indifference to this whole situation.
I believe that each of us should help people who find themselves in difficult situations, because anyone can get into trouble. And perhaps tomorrow you will need help. You cannot be indifferent and cruel. There should always be a place for empathy and compassion in our lives!
Along with the article “Essay on the topic “Do we need empathy and compassion in life?”, 7th grade” read:
Do we need compassion and empathy in life?
Man does not tolerate orphanhood,
and it is the greatest sorrow.
A. Platonov
No one doubts that feelings such as compassion and empathy are necessary in the life of every person. Without them, the modern world would become even more cruel and unfair. Because compassion and empathy are the ability to empathize with someone else’s grief, the desire to help a stranger who is in trouble. These feelings must be cultivated from early childhood using examples from life. It is not for nothing that this topic is talked about on television and written in newspapers. And this topic continues to excite writers and poets.
Leonid Andreev’s story “Biteer” touches on the theme of love for our smaller brothers, animals, namely, a dog. This example especially clearly shows how Kusaka’s character changes when compassion is shown to her, even if this happens for a short time. So the vicious and biting dog gradually turned into a kind, devoted friend. The author describes this transformation in these words: “Kusaka blossomed with all her dog soul.” But her happiness was short-lived. The girl, having received Kusaka’s love and devotion, abandoned her and didn’t even say goodbye. And the dog was left alone again. I think that after this meeting she will trust people even less. But you can’t blame the girl for everything, because she herself is still a child. It was probably hard for her to part with her new friend. This was the first lesson in compassion in the girl’s life and, hopefully, not the last. When she grows up, she will not be able to pass by a lonely person and will try to come to his aid. Because it’s much worse when there are such people among us.
The main character from Andrei Platonov’s story “Yushka” was just such a person. Despite the fact that all the people around him: both children and adults, humiliated and insulted him, Yushka himself managed to retain within himself those feelings that had never manifested themselves towards him. He did not become embittered towards people, but patiently endured beatings and insults, and amazingly believed in miracles. This “miracle” was supposed to be performed by a girl who wanted to become a doctor. And Yushka helped her as best he could and believed that she would be the one who could change his life by curing him. What struck me most in this story was that adults watched the children’s actions with indifference, instead of teaching them mercy and kindness. In the future, they may find themselves in Yushka’s place. A person lives in society, so of course it is very important to be able, and most importantly, to want to help both his loved ones and complete strangers. And at the same time, each of us hopes that if he finds himself in a difficult situation, he will definitely receive support and sympathy. But most importantly, people should not be indifferent and cruel.
Parable "Window"
Svetlana Kopylova
"Do people need
empathy and compassion?
A lesson in speech development based on the stories of A. Platonov and L. Andreev
It's not easy to be kind
Kindness does not depend on height,
The years do not affect her,
You must always be kind.
"MERCY - compassion, sympathy, love in action, readiness to do good to everyone, mercy, kindness.”
IN AND. Dahl
Mercy is the willingness to help
forgive someone
someone out of compassion, philanthropy.
Sergey Ozhegov.
"Caring
about the happiness of others,
we find our own happiness.”
Plato
« Human,
who thinks
only about myself
and seeks benefit in everything, cannot be kind.”
Seneca
"Love
let it be unfeigned, turn away from evil, be drawn to good.”
apostle paul
Help, attentiveness,
hatred, compassion,
anger, sympathy,
care, envy,
gratitude, self-interest, mercy,
greed, love,
sensitivity, sincerity.
“The love of one person can bring to life the talent in another person, or at least awaken it
to action."
A. Platonov
"In the story "Bite"
the hero is the dog,
for every living thing has
the same soul
every living thing suffers
the same sufferings and in great impersonality
and equality merges together in front of the formidable
forces of life."
L. Andreev
We are responsible
for those
whom
tamed
- Love your neighbor as yourself
- Thou shalt not kill
- Be kind, return kindness for kindness
- Help everyone who needs help
- Treat people the way you would like people to treat you
- Love animals, take care of them
In November 1854 it was created
Holy Cross community
sisters of mercy.
“Be kind whenever possible.
And this is always possible."
Dalai Lama
“Be merciful. The topic of compassion has nothing to do with religion.
This is a universal matter, a common condition
for the survival of the human race."
Dalai Lama
Mercy
Sympathy
Altruism
Compassion
Kindness
Philanthropy
Respect
Humanity
COMPASSION - pity, sympathy caused by someone's misfortune, grief.
SYMPATHY – a responsive attitude towards someone else’s feelings, mainly sad, compassion
KINDNESS - responsiveness, emotional disposition towards people, desire to do good to others.
RESPECT - respectful attitude based on recognition of someone's merits.
HUMANITY - philanthropy, respect for people, for human dignity, sensitive, kind, responsive attitude towards people.
HUMANITY - love for people, humanity.
ALTRUISM - selfless concern for the welfare of other people.
Do good to people, not evil,
share with them
both joy and misfortune,
love, respect
each other .
Recently my daughter wrote an essay based on the stories of Platonov, Andreev and a poem by Mayakovsky. This is a text written by an adult. It's not just well written, it's brilliantly written. From the very first paragraph to the last point it doesn’t let you go. I myself would not be ashamed of such an adult, strong and emotional text. But the most important thing is not just thoughts, but also the ability to formulate and implement them in text. And my daughter did this herself, without the slightest help from me.
Here, in fact, is the essay itself.
Do we need empathy and compassion in life?
Every person needs care. Those people who deny this are simply trying to hide their personal pain, and when a person is in pain, he needs help. This is empathy and compassion, our ability to share someone else's pain. But do we need this in life? Are we ready to sacrifice ourselves for others?
What if a person does not receive help from others? Then he will probably feel lonely, and then he will suffer so much that he will stop trusting people and will respond to them with accumulated evil. This is clearly seen in the example of the stray dog Kusaka from the story of the same name by Leonid Andreev. She became a victim of the indifference and cruelty of people, for which she repaid some in the same coin. Until such people appeared who were able to accept her and give Kusaka the love that she had been deprived of for a long time. It's a shame it didn't last long. When the people left, even greater melancholy appeared in her heart. She lost warmth, because of which “the dog howled - evenly, persistently and hopelessly calmly. And to those who heard this howl, it seemed that the pitch-dark night itself was groaning and striving for the light and wanted to go into the warmth, to a bright fire, to a loving woman's heart."
Often, in a fairly simple situation, we need compassion from the outside, even if it comes from a complete stranger. This can be seen in Vladimir Mayakovsky's poem "Good Treatment of Horses." Although he says: “Perhaps she was old and didn’t need a nanny, my thought seemed to suit her, only the horse rushed, stood up, neighed and walked away.” And indeed, it may be invisible to us, but a kind word makes us move on, no matter what.
But often, when people need help and they don’t find it around, all the anger and grief is taken out on someone else, someone who is simply weaker and cannot answer you. In a sense, such a common “scapegoat” was Yushka, the main character of the story of the same name, simply a blacksmith’s assistant. Old, bent over from consumption and very calm and kind in disposition, which infuriates literally everyone. And the point is not in Yushka, but in people who do not receive sympathy from others, see their problems in him, thinking that he is so helpless that he cannot even answer anything. But if silence angered people so much, then when Yushka found something to answer, he received even greater rage in response, which led to the death of the poor artisan. But why then, “However, without Yushka, people’s lives became worse”? We get the answer in the story itself. “Now all the anger and mockery remained among the people and wasted among them, because there was no Yushka, who unrequitedly endured all human evil, bitterness, ridicule and ill will.”
This is why it is important to have empathy and compassion in our lives. I believe that without this we will all be mired in our own anger and pain. This is very familiar to me when other people, seeing your weakness, blame all their troubles on you. At such moments, it is very important that someone is nearby to help carry this load. Otherwise, either a person breaks under the weight of other people’s suffering, or he himself becomes part of universal hatred. It is very important for us to love each other and have compassion in troubles.
(c) Daria Popova
7th grade
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Empathy and compassion are feelings that make us better. Indeed, if you think about the meaning of these words, then sympathy is the joint experience of certain feelings, and compassion is joint suffering because of something. Both of them mean that a person, together with someone, experiences his sorrows and joys, suffering and troubles. This is exactly what today's round table conversation took place about.
During the meeting, the guys tried to understand how much is included in the concept of a kind person. What qualities should he have? The students took part in a discussion of an article that talked about how people often do not notice the suffering of others, and their indifference leads to tragedy.
Discussing life situations that they themselves witnessed, the guys honestly admitted that they had never really thought about what they experienced when simple sympathy could help others cope with trouble or trouble. And today’s conversation helped to understand how serious empathy and compassion are in the life of every person, that showing sympathy means listening to a person and understanding what he is talking about and what he is doing? “To sympathize, you need to let your interlocutor’s emotions pass through you, put yourself in that person’s place,” the guys came to this conclusion at the end of the conversation. Today the guys have taken another step towards the ability to feel the pain of another person and manage their emotions and feelings.
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